MAD 70th Anniversary Issue!

MAD just announced the details of their 70th anniversary issue, due to drop on October 4th. MAD #28 is being designated the official 70th anniversary issue of MAD, and according to the MAD/DC press release it will contain a considerable amount of new material AND will be available in Barnes and Noble stores as well as comic book shops and via subscription. Here’s the DC press release:

More Original Content, Including Contributions from ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic and Jordan Peele, a Unique MAD ‘Fold-In,’ and More from ‘The Usual Gang of Idiots’

Available at Participating Comic Book Stores, Barnes & Noble Bookstores,and to Subscribers on October 4

MAD Magazine, one of the longest-running humor publications in America, is celebrating its 70th anniversary with a can’t-miss issue!

Nearly one-half of this 56-page anniversary celebration issue (issue #28) features original content, the most since the publication’s format change in 2019. Not only are current MAD staffers creating and contributing new content, but some of the original and most beloved members of “The Usual Gang of Idiots” are returning with new features, plus original contributions from celebrity MAD Magazine fans “Weird Al” Yankovic and filmmaker/comedian Jordan Peele.

Features for this issue include:

– A new wraparound cover by Mark Fredrickson
– An original MAD feature from “Weird Al” Yankovic celebrating longtime MAD contributor and originator of the MAD Fold-In Al Jaffee, with art by Ed Steckley
– A tribute to MAD Magazine from acclaimed filmmaker and comedian Jordan Peele, featuring the parody MAD cover used in his hit movie NOPE
– “The Bathroom,” a MAD movie parody of The Batman, by longtime MAD contributors Desmond Devlin and Tom Richmond
– A special two-page MAD Fold-In by Johnny Sampson that folds in on itself!
– A new “Another Look at MAD” by maestro Sergio Aragonés
– A “MAD-gical” history tour with Dick DeBartolo, MAD’s longest-contributing writer
– An illustrated look at the classic MAD employee cruise to Bermuda by former MAD EIC John Ficarra and art director Sam Viviano

And more!

Remember, this special anniversary issue is only available at participating comic book and Barnes & Noble stores, or by subscription. Check out www.madmagazine.com for more details, the latest stories, and how to subscribe, and be sure to follow @MADmagazine on social media.

MAD Magazine/DC Entertainment

I guess I can stop being coy now, the movie Des and I spoofed is indeed “The Batman”! Look for another sneak peek of that tomorrow, then the issue is out the next week!

The kind of big news is that anyone complaining that they will have trouble getting the issue need only go to their local Barnes and Noble, as the issue will be available there!